Lubavitch News Service - Press Release - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LUBAVITCHER REBBE SPEAKS OUT ON CONGRUITY OF RELIGION AND SCIENCE
NEW YORK February 15 (LNS) - In a letter made public yesterday by his secretariat, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneorson, leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, articulately speaks out on the congruity of scientific theory and Torah. In the letter there is reference to the problem of the age of the world as suggested by various scientific theories which are unreconcilable with the Biblical view that the world is 5722 years old.
The original letter was written to an individual who had sought the Rebbe’s opinion on this subject, but, according to a statement from the Rebbe’s office, "in view of its relevance to present day thinking and the confusion existing in the minds of many young and old due to the seeming conflict between science and religion" the content of the letter was made public.
